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Well folks, I am off to India and I could not be more excited! I will be serving on a 15 day trip through Hope Worldwide in New Delhi, India. I will be located at a rehabilitation clinic for individuals with leprosy and at a school/orphanage in one of the largest slums of Asia. I look forward to new friendships, new memories, and of course ...

... place. We must live without borders or boundaries to continue growing by experiencing, seeing and helping others. Some borders are mental and can be physical. Regardless, we put these up and live contently. Always a risk but trust in yourself. I read this quote recently in Truckee, CA with Bokody and Black; "A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because her trust is not on the branch but on her own wings." Believe in your own strength ...

... huge conservation project of the Midewin Tallgrass Prairie), In Wilmington we saw the Gemini Giant, at the now closed Launchpad Inn.; From there we travelled through to Braidwood, home of the Polkadot Drive In, which had a number of statues, including Elvis welcoming everyone in, Blues Brothers for the order takers, and more on the other side of the building, which I forgot to photograph... Along the way we saw restored ...

We spent last night in Lincoln. It is halfway between our last stop outside St. Louis, and Chicago.

After we left Collinsville, we took a detour to Alton, a town on the Missip where there are locks for river boats. We spent about an hour watching a barge towing one barge 3 boats wide up the river a tad, then another came into the lock. Once the water level had risen, the gates opened ...

... our hovel and had put it to good use. We plan to make it to St Louis today, at least.

Springfield Illinois - I now have a camera - yay! $79 on sale in Walmart, and a 16g SD card for $14. It's a Sony Cybershot and will do the job. In the amazing world of Walmart we also bought a shovel, just in case.

I felt excited to see the signs that we were entering St Louis - having grown up with movies ...